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Valve Really Doesn't Want You Using VPNs To Get Cheaper Games
24.6.2021
Ever since Valve began selling Steam games with different prices for different markets, people who live in the more expensive regions have been trying to find ways to get cheaper video games. Ways that Valve knows about, and is continuing to quietly crack down on.Read more
Sweet and Dave & Buster’s Launch Uber-Rare NFT Auction to Benefit Make-A-Wish
23.6.2021
PRESS RELEASE. New York, New York – June 23, 2021 – Sweet, the leading enterprise NFT solutions provider, announced the launch of an exciting new one-of-one auction with restaurant and gaming destination Dave & Buster’s. Beginning at 5PM EST today through June 30 at 5PM...
Stardew Valley Speedrunners Are Racing To Get Married
23.6.2021
In real life, few things are more bone-chillingly terrifying than the prospect of marriage. In the simulation game Stardew Valley, though, it’s just what you do. Some speedrunners are messing around to see how fast they can get the job done—and they can do it in under an hour.Read more
Xbox Cloud Gaming Upgraded To Series X-Level Performance
23.6.2021
In an unannounced move that would make Beyoncé proud, it seems like Xbox Game Pass users can now stream the Xbox Series X versions of games available on its Xbox Cloud Gaming streaming service.Read more
xCloud Receives an Enhanced Upgrade for Its Portfolio
23.6.2021
The closing degrees of the most awaited upgradation of xCloud (Xbox’s Cloud Gaming system) is now available to the digital player’s fraternity. The innovative features were hinted at being released on June 10, 2021, and realized for gamers within two weeks. The modish upgrade will render...
Commander Riker Is Here To Explain PUBG’s Lore
23.6.2021
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, the battle royale game where you run around shooting people without pants for a chicken dinner, apparently has a good deal of lore backing up its death matches. But don’t take my word for it: The developers recently got the one and only Jonathan Frakes to homage...
Destiny 2 Datamining Debate Erupts Over Ramen Coupon
22.6.2021
Sunday night Destiny 2 content creator Tryhard ‘Trials Player’ Tristan tweeted out a picture of his exo hunter sporting a mysteriou new emblem called A Classy Order. It was a reference to the Spicy Ramen Coupon players got back in the game’s Forsaken expansion and an ode to one of the game’s most...
Luigi Unlocks Lego Super Mario’s Two-Player Mode
22.6.2021
When Lego Luigi officially joins the Lego Super Mario lineup on August 1, he’s bringing much more than his verdant sense of style and slightly smoother mustache. Combining the plumber brothers in Lego land unlocks the possibility of two-player brick-bounding action. Here’s how it works.Read more
Pokémon Go Fans Mad That Niantic's Acting Like Pandemic Is Over
22.6.2021
After Niantic announced yesterday a rollback of socially distanced changes to Pokémon Go, fans have been reacting with surprise and disappointment. The changes appear to be designed for a post-pandemic world, and many players don’t feel as if we’re anywhere near ready for that.Read more
Tencent Now Owns Majority Of Spec Ops: The Line Studio
22.6.2021
Tencent has acquired a majority stake in Yager, a German-based game studio best known for the third-person shooter Spec Ops: The Line. Yager announced the news in a press release this morning.Read more
Someone Collected (Almost) Every PS1 Memory Card Variant
22.6.2021
The original PlayStation wasn’t the first video game system to use interchangeable memory cards for save games, but it certainly took the idea mainstream. Many folks accrued small piles of the things by the time PS2 rolled around, in a variety of styles and colors. And now, one enthusiast thinks...
Splatoon 2's Online Lounge Feature Will Vanish Next Month
22.6.2021
Nintendo has announced that service for the Switch’s Online Lounge feature will end on July 28 in North America and July 29 in Japan.Read more
DOTA 2's The International Is Probably Moving Because Sweden Doesn't Think Esports Are Sports
22.6.2021
If it wasn’t for the global Covid pandemic, DOTA 2's big championship, The International, would have been held in Sweden in 2020. Now, in 2021, it’s not going to be held in Sweden again, but this time for more administrative reasons.Read more
Pokémon Go Is Starting To Wind Back Its Covid Changes
22.6.2021
When the Covid-19 pandemic first hit last year, Pokémon Go—a game built entirely around the idea of moving freely around outside—had to undergo some changes as people around the world faced lockdowns and movement restrictions.Read more
Killer Instinct’s Soundtrack Used A Human Bone Instrument
22.6.2021
Spinal is the Killer Instinct franchise’s resident bone daddy, so when it came time to lay down his theme for the 2013 reboot, composer Mick Gordon naturally procured an instrument made from an actual human bone to round out the track.Read more
Activision Shareholders Vote To Keep Paying CEO Bobby Kotick A Ton Of Money
21.6.2021
Long-time Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick eked out another lucrative victory today at the company’s annual shareholder meeting with a narrow vote of 54% in favor of maintaining his generous salary and millions in annual bonuses. The win comes after a year-long campaign by CtW Investor Group...
Ubisoft DRM Breaks Might & Magic X: Legacy Single-Player, DLC
21.6.2021
On June 1 Ubisoft shut down online services for several popular games. One of those games was 2014's Might & Magic X: Legacy, an old-school first-person hack-n-slash dungeon crawler with no online multiplayer components whatsoever. It did, however, require a one-time verification through...
Guilty Gear Strive Potato Mod Runs The Game On Crappy PCs
21.6.2021
While it may go overboard sometimes, Guilty Gear Strive is one of the most beautiful fighting games of all time. So beautiful, in fact, that you can reduce the quality of its graphical output dramatically—say, for the purpose of improving its framerate on less-powerful PCs—and still be left with...
Myth: Gods of Asgard Sure Looks Like Hades
21.6.2021
We’ve all done it. Usually, “it” means lifting test answers off the kid in front of you, or pretending you’re the one who actually came up with that really funny joke. Less often, “it” means copy-pasting a widely lauded and enormously successful game down to the pixel. Well, allow me to introduce...
Arcade Game Museum Opening In Japan For A Limited Time Only
21.6.2021
While it might seem that some of Japan’s best arcades are already like museums, here is an officially branded one. Called The Game Center Museum, it opened this month in Nagoya.Read more